Which # did you press?

Photo Enforcement Tickets

I thought this was pretty funny! We've all seen the red-light photo enforcement cameras in intersections to catch motorists but this guy is or has beaten the system until now.  He has a boatload (Sam defines boatload in this case as 37) of pictures just like this sent to his house and he always returns them stating that it isn't him.

The law states you can fight it, but the photo on his driver's license doesn't match the photo captured by the intersection camera.  He refused to pay so a investigative unit followed him.

You can read about the "Monkey Driver That Won't Pay Fine" if you'd like.  Have you ever been busted by the camera?

2009 Little League World Series

Have you been watching the Little League World Series?  We have!  Our local Chula Vista team  Parkview Little League won today versus the only team that had beaten them in the tournament - San Antonio, Texas.  The earlier loss (3-6) was forgotten as Parkview ended the US Championship Game early by the mercy rule, 12-2.

I saw some of my friends on the tube when the cameras panned the audience.  Jess was at a football game so I was sending updates to her via text as they happened. She would then tell the rest of the parents at the game.

Now, Parkview will face Chinese Taipei in the the Little League World Series Championship game at Noon Pacific time tomorrow.  We're having a little carne asada and munchies at our game get together to cheer the team on.  :)

On a side note, has anyone noticed that of the 16 teams in the LLWS that eight are from the United States?  And that the United States (1 of the 8 teams) gets an automatic berth into the Championship Game to face the International Champion?  Doesn't it seem like this is a United States versus the World tournament?

The spoiled under-30 crowd

I got this e-mail today...How many remember this?


If you're 30 or older you'll think this is hilarious!!! Maybe!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning....Uphill...barefoot...BOTH ways...Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!

There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen!

Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take, like, a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!

Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us.. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass and we got "Licks" from the teachers and principals. Nowhere was safe , I even remember Grandma beating me!

There were no MP3' s or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or, you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished and the tape would come undone. Cause - that's how we rolled, dig?

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no
multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen...forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! NO REMOTES!!!

There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards! And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove! Imagine that!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or before!

Regards,
The Over 30 Crowd

What's that smell?

Jess and I are walking down the street in China Town in San Francisco and I spot the following license plate.  I got my phone out and Jess knew exactly what I was going to do.  The other night I saw one that said, "LiL Terd" but it was too dark to get a clear shot.

What is the weirdest plate you've seen?

Always buy the PRO version!

Somehow I think a small change was meant to be removed before the release version went out!  Another error that appeared in a project that I took over was, "Show me the money!!!"  Do you think developers should put these kinds of errors in their messages?

Hidden Images

What do you see in the image below?

How many do you see?

Vista SP2 Available

Microsoft has a new update for Vista. How many things will it break in the process of fixing issues?

Spinning Girl

Look at the spinning girl.  Which way is she spinning, clockwise or counterclockwise?  Based on how you look at the image, you can make it go the opposite direction!  Don't get discouraged if you can't see it right away.

Where is My Mind?

If you've lost your mind and are having trouble finding it, then there is still hope. Google can help you find it!  After you find your mind, try entering, "How to " and see what you get.  Or even, "How not to."

What kind of weird searches have you done?

First U.S. Face Transplant

Connie Culp, shot by her husband in the face was the first face transplant in the United States.  The husband received seven years for the shotgun blast that nearly killed her back in 2004, but she had years of recovering ahead of her.  As you can tell by the before and after photos that surgeons did a great job with what they had.

I admire the strength it took for her to come forward with her story and know that it would be difficult for many to face all the gawking and pointing.

Do you think that seven years was enough?  And secondly, would you go through a face transplant if you were in the same situation?

Headache Remedy

Jess and I were waiting around after basketball practice and decided to kill some time with an iPhone app.  As you can tell, her 10 year old won this round.  I don't think that tylenol will help in this case!

What kind of cool games do you have on your phone?

Texting Bus Driver Crashes

It is against the law to text while driving in California but people still do it anyway.  This bus driver from San Antonio was caught on video texting and getting into a traffic accident on the freeway.

Do you text while driving?

The Swine Flu

Are you concerned about all the coverage on the swine flu? I've seen reports of people buying up masks and hand sanitizers.  I think that people are going to flood the emergency rooms soon at the slightest sign of the flu just to be safe.

Will the standard measures: washing your hands, covering your mouth if you cough, and practicing standard hygiene, work in this situation?

Quick, Quick...what company makes Tamiflu?  Not that anyone would try to profit off this.

The Chase

I know what I'm having for dinner!